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day 96living things

unit 14 · science & the natural world

    living things

    Talk about animals, plants and how living things breed, adapt and change, and use the nature verbs that also describe feelings: 싹트다, 무르익다, 맺히다, 뿌리내리다.

    today’s words

    • 개체 gaeche · individual (organism)
    • 곰팡이 gompangi · mould
    • 길들이다 gildeurida · tame, train; get used to
    • 낙타 nakta · camel
    • 도태 dotae · dying out, falling by the wayside
    • 독사 doksa · venomous snake
    • 돌연변이 doryeonbyeoni · mutation, mutant
    • 맺히다 maechida · form, well up (tears, fruit, dew)
    • 무르익다 mureuikda · ripen; reach its peak
    • 무성하다 museonghada · overgrown, thick (plants)
    • 바퀴벌레 bakwibeolle · cockroach
    • 번식 beonsik · breeding, reproduction
    • 비상 bisang · soaring, taking flight
    • 뿌리내리다 ppurinaerida · take root, settle
    • 생태 saengtae · ecology, way of life (of living things)
    • 세포 sepo · cell
    • 수컷 sukeot · male (animal)
    • 습성 seupseong · habit (of an animal)
    • 싹트다 ssakteuda · sprout; begin, blossom (love, hope)
    • 암컷 amkeot · female (animal)
    • 열성 yeolseong · recessive (gene)
    • 우거지다 ugeojida · grow thick (trees, grass)
    • 우성 useong · dominant (gene)

    sentences

    • 낙타는 물을 마시지 않고도 오래 버틸 수 있다. · Camels can go a long time without drinking water.
    • 의존도가 높은 종은 적응하지 못하면 도태된다. · Species that are highly dependent die out if they can’t adapt.
    • 그 섬에는 독사가 많아서 조심해야 한다. · There are lots of venomous snakes on that island, so you have to be careful.
    • 하얀 호랑이는 돌연변이로 태어난다. · White tigers are born through a genetic mutation.
    • 그녀의 눈에 눈물이 맺혔다. · Tears welled up in her eyes.